Highly unpleasant - avoid it
Im rarely post a review here but I feel very strongly about this highly unpleasant drama. It starts with the interesting premise of two troubled strangers coming across a large drug consignment and deciding to take it. That could have been developed into a fascinating and entertaining story.
Instead, it goes rapidly downhill. The language is unnecessarily sweary but I can accept that if the show is otherwise good. However, in this show we have extreme violence - for example am informer having his tongue cut out and multiple murders of police officers in a raid on a police station - shown in a comedic way. The lack of morals in doing this is appalling. Treating extreme violence and cruelty as funny is against even the most basic human values.
The cast is full of good actors whom I've enjoyed watching in the past. They and the writers have gone down in my estimation by participating in this tasteless trash. I watched only the first episode - its values are so debased that I won't watch any more of it and I'll be cautious about watching anything else by the writers.
Instead, it goes rapidly downhill. The language is unnecessarily sweary but I can accept that if the show is otherwise good. However, in this show we have extreme violence - for example am informer having his tongue cut out and multiple murders of police officers in a raid on a police station - shown in a comedic way. The lack of morals in doing this is appalling. Treating extreme violence and cruelty as funny is against even the most basic human values.
The cast is full of good actors whom I've enjoyed watching in the past. They and the writers have gone down in my estimation by participating in this tasteless trash. I watched only the first episode - its values are so debased that I won't watch any more of it and I'll be cautious about watching anything else by the writers.
- jim-mckillop
- Dec 6, 2023